ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,933, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Restful Robotics Inc. (Sunrise, Fla.).

"Automatic placement of a mask" was invented by Scott Nortman (Sunrise, Fla.) and David Jassir (Davie, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic arm system can include a robot including a robot flange, a mask coupled to the robot flange, a ventilator coupled to the mask, and one or more controllers operable to change a pose of the robot flange. The controllers are further operable to deliver gas from the ventilator to the mask. The robot can include the ventilator. The robotic arm system can include a gas tube coupled to the mask and the ventilator, wh...